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Antibiotics for Cellulitis

 • Treatment duration
 • When to give antibiotics for abscesses
 • When to
Cellulitis • Treatment ... duration • When ... When to choose IV ... #Management #Skin ... #InfectiousDiseases
Bacteremia Quick Reference - Treatment Duration

Gram Negative Bacteremia:
 • Avoid: Aminoglycosides and tigecycline
 • Catheters should
Quick Reference - Treatment ... Duration Gram ... #Bacteremia #Treatment ... #Management #Duration ... #infectiousdiseases
Hantavirus
Pathogen: Hantavirus - Rodents are the primary reservoir
Transmission:
 • Shed in the urine, feces, saliva of
Aerosol is the most ... Incubation is 1 ... • Autopsy PCR Treatment ... Hantavirus #diagnosis #management ... #infectiousdiseases
CAPD-associated peritonitis (Continuous Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis) - 5 Things To Know
Diagnosis (Two of the following):
(1) Clinical
following): (1) ... diverticulitis) Treatment ... fluid analysis) • Duration ... peritonitis #Diagnosis #Management ... #InfectiousDiseases
Cyclosporiasis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Pathogen: 
 • Cyclospora cayetanensis
 • Foodborne, waterbone, and soil-transmitted.
 •
Diagnosis and Management ... (HIV) • International ... Treatment: • TMP-SMX-DS ... #treatment #microbiology ... #infectiousdiseases
Tularemia - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Francisella tularensis - Aerobic fastidious gram-negative Coccobacillus - Zoonotic Infection
 •
Diagnosis and Management ... (suppurative); Most ... Culture & GS, PCR Treatment ... Moderate Disease: 1) ... #treatment #infectiousdiseases
Visceral Leishmaniasis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Species: Leishmania donovani, Leishmania infantum, Leishmania chagasi
Where: South Asia, East
Diagnosis and Management ... : 1) Liposomal ... mg/kg on days 1- ... stibogluconate 20 mg/kg/d IV ... #treatment #infectiousdiseases
Persistence of clinically relevant viruses on dry inanimate surfaces

Most common viruses persist on surfaces for days
inanimate surfaces Most ... Type of Virus - Duration ... virus > 7 days HIV ... #duration #Persistence ... viruses #surfaces #infectiousdiseases
C.diff - Clostridioides Difficile Infection (CDI) - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

Clinical Presentation + Progression:
Epidemiology: • #1 ... infection up to 10w post-ABx ... continue Tx for 7d post-Abx ... x 1 - Adjunct Tx ... #treatment #infectiousdiseases
Heparin Induced Thrombocytopenia (HIT) - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

Presentation: 
 • Plts ↓50% (nadir
Diagnosis and Management ... Bayesian approach for post-test ... Management: • ... , DOAC • A/C Duration ... #Treatment #Hematology